# Silver and Gold Thread Act 1697, Section IV: Importing Gold or Silver or inferior Thread.;


Penalty.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the said Four and twentieth Day of July no Gold or Silver Thread Lace Fringe or other Work made thereof nor any Thread made of Copper Brass or any inferiour Metal or Wire or Plate ready wrought for the covering of Silk or Thread shall be imported or brought into this Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon Tweed upon Pain of being forfeited and burnt.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/9/39/section/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/silver-and-gold-thread-act-1697/section-IV
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